Keisuke Saito
Expertise
Several key transactions
- Acquisition of Thebe Bombas Hidráulicas S.A. by Ebara Corporation..........
- Acquisition of Wethje Holding GmbH by Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd...........
- Advised Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. on merger with Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd...........
- Sale of SonoSite to FUJIFILM (Advised SonoSite)..........
- Sale of Semiconductors Encapsulating Materials Business (Excluding Encapsulating Materials Business for Optical Semiconductors) of Nitto Denko Corporation to Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Advised Nitto Denko)..........
- Strategic JV establishment between Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and FUJIFILM Corporation for generics manufacturing in Japan (Advised Dr. Reddy's Laboratories)..........
- Sale of a portion of ownership in NITTO DENKO (SHANGHAI) ELECTRO-ENERGY Co., Ltd. to TDK Corporation (Advised Nitto Denko) ..........
- Polyvinyl alcohol resin (PVA resin) JV establishment by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. and Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha. (Advised Sekisui)..........
- Acquisition of the polyvinyl alcohol resin (PVA resin) business of Celanese Corporation by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (Advised Sekisui)..........
- Acquisition of American Diagnostica Inc. by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (Advised Sekisui)..........
- Acquisition of XenoTech L.L.C. by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (Advised Sekisui) ..........
- Acquisition of Hauzer Techno Coating B.V. by IHI Corporation (Advised IHI)..........
- Capital participation in Media Exchange, Inc. by SGI Japan, Ltd. (Advised SGI Japan) ..........
- Business tie-up and capital participation (TOB) to Mercian Corporation by Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. (Advised Mercian)..........
- Corporate restructuring of Kyoshin Corporation to be made a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nitto Denko Corporation (Advised Nitto Denko) ..........
- Acquisition of Tropian’s intellectual property and technologies by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Advised Panasonic) ..........
- Acquisition of Shionogi Qualicaps Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shionogi & Co., Ltd. by The Carlyle Group (Advised Carlyle) ..........
- Capital participation in Paul Smith Group Holdings by ITOCHU Corp. (Advised Itochu) ..........
- Acquisition of sales agencies in the Oceania area by FUJIFILM Corporation. (Advised Fujifilm)
Background
Keisuke Saito is a Managing Director of Tokyo Kyodo FAS Co., Ltd (TKAO) and focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He has executed sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions for private equity clients, publicly listed companies, private and family-owned businesses. He has experienced in cross border M&A transactions and provided services to Japanese and foreign clients.
Prior to joining TKAO, Keisuke provided M&A advisory services in KPMG FAS, GCA and Asahi Arthur and Andersen.
Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office is the exclusive Japanese partner of Mergers Alliance
